Shloka 105

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

अन्यत्‌ कार्मुकमादाय त्वरमाणो महारथ: । क्षणेन सज्यमकरोच्छक्रचापसमप्रभम्‌

Transliteration

anyat kārmukam ādāya tvaramāṇo mahārathaḥ | kṣaṇena sajyam akaroc chakracāpasamaprabham ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Bấy giờ vị đại chiến xa ấy, hành động mau lẹ, cầm lấy một cây cung khác và trong khoảnh khắc đã giương dây. Nó rực sáng như cung của Indra.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षणेन: in a moment / within an instant
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सज्यम्: strung (with a bowstring)
• सज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: made / rendered
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शक्रचापसमप्रभम्: having splendor like Indra's bow (rainbow)
• शक्रचापसमप्रभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्रचाप-सम-प्रभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahāratha (the great warrior, contextually Bhīṣma/Devavrata)
• kārmuka (bow)
• śakra (Indra)
• śakracāpa (Indra’s bow/rainbow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined readiness and composure in crisis: an accomplished warrior does not collapse when a weapon is lost or damaged, but promptly restores capability. Ethically, it reflects kṣatriya-dharma—steadfastness, skill, and responsibility in the battlefield role.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the great warrior (contextually Bhīṣma/Devavrata) quickly taking up a second bow and stringing it in a moment. The bow’s radiance is compared to Indra’s bow, emphasizing its formidable, awe-inspiring appearance and the warrior’s undiminished fighting capacity.